Being doll : a study of youngness & oldness at interface / by Lisa Pavlik-Malone.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Pavlik-Malone, Lisa, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Self.

Identity (Psychology).

Cognition.

Dolls--Psychological aspects.

Dolls.

Symbolism.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (107 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Other Title:

Being doll : a study of youngness and oldness at interface

Place of Publication:

Newcastle upon Tyne : Cambridge Scholars Publishing, 2013.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

In this second volume, following Dolls & Clowns & Things, the author once again explores the symbolic relationship between the self and the object. This time, however, the possible fundamental role of cognitive consonance, characterized here as the ability of the mind to integrate opposing ideas into a single expanded understanding of Self, is studied in terms of how it might relate to the following three categories of intuitive experience. One, my physical object, in which consonance or ""who...

Contents:

TABLE OF CONTENTS; LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS; ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS; INTRODUCTION; CHAPTER ONE - ON YOUNG OF OLD, VICE VERSA; CHAPTER TWO - THE CORSET IS THE GIRDLE; CHAPTER THREE - PLASTIC SURGERY; CONCLUSION ; BIBLIOGRAPHY; INDEX

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references (pages [91]-94) and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

1-4438-6476-5

OCLC:

885123168